Arch-support for shoes.



' M.' CANGEN.

ARCH SUPPORT FOR SHOES. APPLICATION FILED 1uLY1, 1|s.

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11i, 191'?, Application filed July 1. 3.916,1l Serial No. 107,065.

oreed'verticelly. into the materiel thus holding the stri'prmly in place on the' sole.

It -will be seen that when the forward prong is in engagement with thel slit and the' rear claws engaged es shown g1t' will be co impossible for the 'device'to shift laterally or move out of plecelon the'sole.. i By having. the prong at one end and the peculiar shaped claw at the'otherfthc de- Vvice can be easily secured to the'sole, land the forward end being freeto slide sliv htly forward `in the slit-.will give added demon to the soles.

As show-n in the drawing when the device is' in place'on the inner solo of the shoe, vthe claw e will be located et the rear adjacentl to the heel giving firm anchorage et'the rear portion of the support, while theforward beveled pointed end isy adoptedto slide forward to increase the spring of the sole. By reason of the peculiar shape of the support,. it can readily be arranged on the inner sole after thesole is fastened to the upper, and by having the end b in a line with the body4 a the device can be curved or sha/pod, thus adjusting it to the sole to t' a, shoe withe high or low arch.` i

l. An arch support of the kind described, comprising a bowed resilient body member having e prong at one end in e line with the body, and n claw bent at an angle to the body at the other end for engagement with the sole. of a. shoe. l

2. An arch' support of the kind described, 90 comprising a. bowed, resilient bod member having e prong at one end and a.' ifm-cated projecting at en :ingle from pointed claw for engagement with the sole To aZZ tzr/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARK CANGEN, e citl y zen of the United States, residing et Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of. New York, have invented new vend usefulv Improvements in Arclrsupports for-Shoes, of which the following is a, specification.

rfhis invention relates essentially to that class of arch supports which are adapted to be secured between the inner and outer soles of shoes to stiften and prevent collapse ofthe arch.

The invention is designed to provide the inner sole with a. resilient member having prongs or claws for engagement with the solo.

Heretofore in devices or" this kind the srch support was fastened to the sole'by means of smallnnils concting with holes in the support. The objection to this method of fastening is that the nails sometimes work through the inner sole and puncture the foot of a person.

It is the object of the present invention to fasten the support to the sole by devices forming en integral part of the body of the support.

The novel features of the invention rere more fully described in 'the following'specication and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a. perspective view of en arch support embodying this invention.

F ig. 2 is :i sectional side elevation showing tlllie support secured between the soles of the s oe.

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the inner soie.

In this drawing the letter o designates e the other end resilient supporting member formed of e. 0f a ShO single strip of thin steel. This support is 's 3- An arch Supportof'the kind described,

owed along its length to conform to the COmPI'lSlIlg a bOW I'GSllleIll bOdy member' shape of the arch portion of e. shoe. The havlng a beveled pointed prong extending forwerd'end o of the strip is pointed to formthe body, and e.

at one end in a line with l aprong for engagement with a slit c formed blfu'ctd @131W With Pointed @nds-Prolct 100 in the inner sole d of the shoe, by forcing the ing et an angle from the other'end for enpointed end into the leather. The prong is gagemeni With the 11.11161' S016 adlacent t0 the in a line with the body of the strip so that heel of An shoe. it can be readily forced into the leather. In testlmony Whel'of hafVe hereunto Set The other end of the strip is provided' my hand in the presence of two subscribing 105 with e claw e having sh bifurcated ends Witllee or prongsl f for engegemiiiiwith the leather. MARK CANGEN. The ends fare bent at a, right angle to the Wltnesses: I

body of the stri so that when ettachngthe v. WM. E'. WSTAND,

strip to the sc e the claw end is' simply .WHLIAM 

